Patricio Patrido Vizcaino

Patricio Patrido Vizcaino (1604-1658) was a general of the Spanish Empire who fought in the Thirty Years War in the Spanish Netherlands. He was defeated and captured in the Battle of Montcornet in 1642.

Biography
Patricio Patrido Vizcaino was born in Huesca Province, Spain, in 1604. Vizcaino gained his first combat experience in the Dutch Revolt, fighting against the United Provinces. He was promoted to captain in the Siege of Breda and became the commander of the Spanish fort of Montcornet in the present-day Aisne Department of France. In 1642, General Gaspard III de Coligny laid siege to the fort with a French army and Vizcaino was captured, and he was released when the Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648. But as warfare between France and Spain continued, he returned to command an army against France, and when he was captured for a second time in battle with France, he was again held in prison. Vizcaino died in 1658 in Le Hamel.